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February 14, 2025

Hacker Newsletter #733

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold. //Zelda Fitzgerald

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Issue #733 // 2025-02-14 // View in your browser

#Favorites


Stripe Sessions: The internet economy conference - get your early bird pass today!
//stripesessions.com sponsored

Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10k
//brutecat.com comments→

The year I didn't survive
//bessstillman.substack.com comments→

Smuggling arbitrary data through an emoji
//paulbutler.org comments→

The Anthropic Economic Index
//anthropic.com comments→

Boring tech is mature, not old
//rubenerd.com comments→

Understanding Reasoning LLMs
//magazine.sebastianraschka.com comments→

Phind 2: AI search with visual answers and multi-step reasoning
//phind.com comments→

Some terminal frustrations
//jvns.ca comments→

Thinkserver: My web-based coding environment
//checkmyworking.com comments→

Ghostwriter – use the reMarkable2 as an interface to vision-LLMs
//github.com comments→

I made a tiny book using a pen-plotter and AI
//muffinman.io comments→

#Ask HN


What's the best implementation of Conway's Game of Life?

Physics PhD at Stanford or Berkeley

What intelligent forums exist outside of HN?

#Show HN


HTML visualization of a PDF file's internal structure //github.com comments→

Lume – OS lightweight CLI for MacOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon //github.com comments→

ElevenReader //elevenreader.io comments→

Game Bub – open-source FPGA retro emulation handheld //eli.lipsitz.net comments→

Sniffnet – monitor your Internet traffic //github.com comments→

Kanata: Cross-platform multi-layer keyboard remapper with advanced customization //github.com comments→

I made a tiny book using a pen-plotter and AI //muffinman.io comments→

#Code


Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation //blog.danslimmon.com comments→

We replaced our React front end with Go and WebAssembly //dagger.io comments→

JJ Cheat Sheet //justinpombrio.net comments→

#Data


PgAssistant: OSS tool to help devs understand and optimize PG performance //github.com comments→

How about trailing commas in SQL? //peter.eisentraut.org comments→

SQL pipe syntax available in public preview in BigQuery //cloud.google.com comments→

Classic Data science pipelines built with LLMs //github.com comments→

Visualizing data is an art //perthirtysix.com comments→

OpenRefine: For working with, cleaning, transforming messy data //openrefine.org comments→

#Design


The subtle art of designing physical controls for cars //theturnsignalblog.com comments→

YouTube's New Hue //design.google comments→

Designing Backgrounds with LLMs and React //vigilant.run comments→

#Books


Steve Meretzky – Working with Douglas Adams on the Hitchhiker's Guide //spillhistorie.no comments→

Searchable library of free audiobooks //booksearch.party comments→

What books influenced your moral compass? //news.ycombinator.com

#Working


Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" //simonwillison.net comments→

Work at the Mill: The story of Digital Equipment Corporation //abortretry.fail comments→

Reviving the joy and honor of working with your hands //richmond.com comments→

Working from home is here to stay //wolfstreet.com comments→

Duolingo Handbook //handbook.duolingo.com comments→

#Learn


Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more //blog.plover.com comments→

Government planned it 7 years, beavers built a dam in 2 days and saved $1M //voxnews.al comments→

Record-breaking neutrino is most energetic ever detected //nature.com comments→

#Watching


Why young parents should focus on building trust with their kids //desunit.com comments→

Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024 //techtalksweekly.io comments→

Nine – seemingly impossible C64 demo //linusakesson.net comments→

Smoke in the cabin of two 737 MAX caused by Load Reduction Device system //youtube.com comments→

Farmers on the Subway. 6 AM, China //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News


Apple ordered by UK to create global iCloud encryption backdoor //macrumors.com comments→

Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI //reuters.com comments→

Privacy Pass Authentication for Kagi Search //blog.kagi.com comments→

Tesla sales plummet in the UK, France, and Germany //arstechnica.com comments→

GitHub Copilot: The Agent Awakens //github.blog comments→

Advanced Magnet Manufacturing Begins in the United States //spectrum.ieee.org comments→

#Fun


Postmortem: The singular design of Namco's Katamari Damacy //gamedeveloper.com comments→

SQL Noir – Learn SQL by solving crimes //sqlnoir.com comments→

CraftCells: Visualizing Cell Structures with Minecraft //github.com comments→

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